GG Allin's first years as a frontman were with New Hampshire band The Jabbers from 1977 – April 1983. The Jabbers recorded a number of tracks for which Allin sometimes played drums and performed vocals, heavily influenced by The Stooges, The Dictators, The Dead Boys, first-album NY Dolls, the Heartbreakers, UK power pop, and '70s glam. They were fueled by a love of liquor, drugs, fast women, rock n roll, and a vicious "fuck you" attitude that got him and his band of merry Jabbers banned everywhere.

The Jabbers (featuring GG's older brother Merle, ex of early Boston punk band
The Thrills) signed with Orange Records in '80 and released a slew of singles and one classic album, '80's ten-song "Always Is, Was, and Always Shall Be" LP, co-produced by Wayne Kramer of the MC5. They were even managed at one point by industry veteran/1st album Dead Boys producer Genya Ravan. They gigged with the great early version of The Queers, as well as with labelmates David Peel & The Death-O-Lettes.

Tensions within The Jabbers began to mount as Allin became increasingly uncontrollable, vicious, and uncompromising. The Jabbers split up in '83, and GG recruited new members for his next vehicle, the raw, rockin' Scumfucs, who released several singles and an album, "Eat My Fuc," on their own label imprint, Black & Blue Records. The Scumfucs were responsible for such classics as "Drink Fight & Fuck," "Convulsions," and "Loudenbomber." Eventually, the same problems befell GG's band, and by '85 the Scumfucs called it quits.

Over the years, GG churned out a number of booze-fueled singles and LP's with a number of different groups, such as The Bulge, The Antiseen, the AIDS Brigade, the Texas Nazis, the Carolina Shitkickers, the NY-based Cedar Street Sluts (purveyors of the "Hate Edge" philosophy) and the Murder Junkies.

His later material has a different sound than the stuff he recorded in the early days; later GG is sans the catchy pop sensibilities and known for being markedly obscene; the production is much more raw. His legendarily shocking live performances only added to his cult notoriety as quite possibly THE most dangerous, hated motherfucker in punk rock, and his appearance on talkshows like the Jane Whitney Show only dumped fuel on the fire. Without a doubt, the stuff legends are made of.
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